Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: frost

Kunyomi: しも

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソウガイ frost damage

ソウケン cold sharp sword, blade of ice

セイソウ years, time

幾星 イクセイソウ many months and years

Kunyomi Examples

しも frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair

降り しもふり speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost

あさしも morning frost

みずじも frozen dew (in late autumn), waters (i.e. amniotic fluid discharged shortly before birth)